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I'm on a pivot table streak now. I've made like ten of them. - ty97 Apr 15, 07:42 2
- it is like finding the Holy Grail. nm -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 15, 07:43
- SHUT UP! -- nm - Ultron Apr 15, 07:42
But PFM said... -- nm - David Apr 15, 07:41 2
- This *one time* I was wrong about something (ok, really, really, really wrong) and you guys won't let me forget it. *This one time*! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 07:43 1
  - I'll never trust you about a prosecution again! -- nm - David Apr 15, 07:44
Well, I *might* be in the market for a new car. What does ST like? Parameters inside. - TWuG Apr 15, 07:32 21
- CR-V. We just upgraded to a 2015 last month. -- nm - David Apr 15, 07:42
- I have realized that asking what car someone should get is like asking what girlfriend someone should get. -- nm - Ultron Apr 15, 07:38 13
  - Athletic, sleazy, and demure. -- nm - Max Apr 15, 07:42 2
    - GET TO MARS! -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 07:45
    - Roomy -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 07:44
  - Well, in this case, my wife would approve a new car, but isn't likely to approve a girlfriend. -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 07:39 8
    - I forgot that you peoipel share cars. Amy has driven my car one time. I drive hers on occasion when we go places. - Ultron Apr 15, 07:48
    - you don't know until you ask -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 07:41
    - "isn't likely" = there's a chance! -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 07:41
    - How about letting us define the good girlfriend qualities and *then* it gets run past her. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 15, 07:40 4
      - sounds legit -- nm - Epiphany Apr 15, 07:43
      - I know how this ends and it involves me in a trunk, followed by digging my own grave. -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 07:43 1
        
        but will it be worth it? - Epiphany Apr 15, 07:44
      - *nods* -- nm - Ultron Apr 15, 07:40
  - ScarJo - ty97 Apr 15, 07:39
- I always bought American cars, I am pondering breaking that trend for my next car..... - Gjallargroin Apr 15, 07:37
- we like our Toyota Corolla. Hyundai Elantra is also pretty7 nice -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 07:36
- VW Jetta -- nm - Epiphany Apr 15, 07:35 1
  - I *love* my Jetta TDi and I'll second this only if you don't want an appliance. - spamlet Apr 15, 07:44
- (this doesn't help you but man oh man) I *hate* spending money on cars. They just suck money away - ty97 Apr 15, 07:34 1
  - I've gotten good life from mine. 10 years old and 80k miles. - TWuG Apr 15, 07:36
Canadian Supreme Court rules against prayer at municipal council meetings -- (link) - Beaker Apr 15, 07:29 4
- This plus socialized medicine? What type of hellscape do you people live in? -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 07:33
- ah, Quebec. i couldn't imagine where this would even be considered. -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 07:32 2
  - Hey!! -- (link) - Guigue Apr 15, 07:46
  - Pretty much every small town in America -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 07:33
We might be closing a film deal today. Better me soon as I want to go for Pimms on the roof of the NFT before The Madding Crowd premiere tonight. -- nm - LMS Apr 15, 07:22
The jury has reached a verdict for Aaron Hernandez. -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 07:20 11
- Hypothetically speaking (I hope), if he were acquitted, would any NFL teams touch him? - pmb Apr 15, 07:32 3
  - prolly not as he's been found guilty of 1st degree murder. -- nm - diva Apr 15, 07:33 2
    - Welcome news. -- nm - TWuG Apr 15, 07:34 1
      - and there's still 2 more murders he may be tried for. -- nm - diva Apr 15, 07:37
- Guilty 1st Degree Murder -- nm - budice Apr 15, 07:26 4
  - I'm actually surprised. - Will Hunting Apr 15, 07:37 1
    - yup, when they took such a long time I thought they would go the other way -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 07:39
  - and Judge is ready to proceed to sentencing. -- nm - diva Apr 15, 07:32
  - yep. -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 07:29
- After he's acquitted, how many of the jurors will try to date him? -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 07:25
- *gets Suge's fainting couch ready* -- nm - spamlet Apr 15, 07:23
I knew my FBB team would be questionable in average and such, but daymn. - Will Hunting Apr 15, 07:19
Orphan Black S1 will be free to view on Amazon on April 17. -- (link) - Ender Apr 15, 07:17
who wants to touch me? -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 15, 07:16 8
- When I went to bed it was at 90% progress. - Ultron Apr 15, 07:31 7
  - if it is done by tonight, I will help you with the Nightfalls. - Gjallargroin Apr 15, 07:32 5
    - Sweet. I wanna bask in the glory. -- nm - Ultron Apr 15, 07:34 4
      - I unlocked tracking already last night, I just need to play like mad to unlock - Gjallargroin Apr 15, 07:35 3
        
        So annoyed I could not even grab bounties yesterday. - Ultron Apr 15, 07:37 2
        
        yeah, that chrome app is nice, when you have a laptop handy. - Gjallargroin Apr 15, 07:42 1
        
        I had a meeting, and stopped and had dinner after that. - Ultron Apr 15, 07:45
  - Fisher Price Internet Company -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 15, 07:31
The top rated films on IMDB set in each US state -- (link) - con_carne Apr 15, 07:14 [Image] 4
- Though from Here to Eternity is rated higher than Tora! Tora! Tora! -- nm - Roger More Apr 15, 07:28
- This should totally be an ST quiz -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 07:15 2
  - For a few dollars more - Texas. very interesting choice -- nm - Epiphany Apr 15, 07:35
  - I'm Fargo for SD -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 07:17
sitwap: Jake Gyllenhaal will play Seymour for City Center Encores' production of Little Shop of Horrors. -- (link) - diva Apr 15, 07:06 3
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- I would love to see that. Has he done a musical before? -- nm - LMS Apr 15, 07:15 1
  - me too. Not sure if he's done a musical, but I remember him dressing as a black woman on SNL and singing 'And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going'. - diva Apr 15, 07:20
The Dodgers still can't be seen by 70% of their market because Time Warner. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 15, 07:06 2
- Or "because Dodgers"... -- nm - Ender Apr 15, 07:13
- Also a potentially important note from the article. MLB is fighting TV partners to get in market streaming on At Bat. - spamlet Apr 15, 07:07
The ECB protester looks a bit like a crazed Keira Knightley -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 07:01
Stephen Hawking is releasing a single for Record Store Day. -- (link) - Ender Apr 15, 07:00
Worst baby names in the world revealed....(link) - Walt_Disney Apr 15, 06:45 2
- I'm not sure what a vejonica is, but it sounds dirty -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 06:53 1
  - "You were named after where you were conceived." -- nm - Ultron Apr 15, 07:35
We were in the same room as the Governor all evening and I didn't manage to corner him to complain about the state of public transportation. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 15, 06:45 2
- The lady from the Bank who was there is from the Market President's office. She e-mailed me last night to say what a nice job she thought I did. :) - diva Apr 15, 06:56
- How can you even show your face this morning. You complete and utter failure. - ty97 Apr 15, 06:49
Got my Galaxy S6 edge yesterday! (I think I almost have all my apps downloaded and logged in.) - Ender Apr 15, 06:43 2
- Yeah, that's a Lollipop thing. I changed it back as soon as I could. -- nm - spamlet Apr 15, 06:44 1
  - I have no clue why anybody would want that... -- nm - Ender Apr 15, 06:46
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- bonus if one pay check, penalty if both work? -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Apr 15, 08:26
- Nil -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 07:46
- Penalty. -- nm - diva Apr 15, 06:59 1
  - Elizabeth Warren gonna get another check, yo. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 15, 07:09
- bonus -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 06:59 3
  - that whole 100-0 split helps a lot -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 07:06 2
    - SLACKER!! - Epiphany Apr 15, 07:08 1
      - let's wait until the finished product before saying what I'm doing is remarkable :) -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 07:10
- about the same as we ended up getting here for income splitting, ~2k. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 06:59
- If we were US citizens, we would have gotten a 2% tax bonus. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 15, 06:53
- Penalty. Would be a nice little bonus if we didn't have a kid. -- nm - spamlet Apr 15, 06:44
Dano - Mel Profit Apr 15, 06:35
So, unexpectedly, i have just found myself with a ticket to see Dame Edna tonight. Excellent. - Andie Apr 15, 05:54 4
- First, of course you did. Second, that's great - that'll be a fun show -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 06:34 2
  - :) - Andie Apr 15, 06:36 1
    - Yeah, "being able to win things on demand" is a nice talent -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 06:43
- Special appearance by the B Sharps? -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 15, 06:29
Purchasing MLB All-Star tickets in 12 minutes. Very nervous. We've held on to our tickets for the last couple years for this very day. -- nm - volnelk Apr 15, 05:48 8
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  - Boom. Got em. Right field outfield seats. Just like our season tickets. PRIME HR Derby seats. Should be $$$$$$$$$$$$$ a bonanza. -- nm - volnelk Apr 15, 06:30 6
    - nice, when the ASG was at US Cellular, I caught a Jose Vidro BP homer. nm -- nm - Gjallargroin Apr 15, 07:27
    - cool -- nm - CQ Apr 15, 07:12
    - excellent -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 06:47
    - score!! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 15, 06:43
    - cool -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 06:36
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skateboarding is illegal on campus. I had no idea. there's a change.org petition to make it legal. -- (link) - amanda Apr 15, 05:44
Here's a random headline: Apple’s Russian Siri Accused of Homophobia -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 05:27
Steph Curry made 77 straight three pointers at a practice Tuesday and 94 out of 100 -- (link) - Beaker Apr 15, 05:21 3
- That just amazing! Though, it makes me think that maybe the line needs to be pushed back a bit. - Krusty Apr 15, 06:17 2
  - Random sampling over the last 25 years puts the league average in the .340-.365 range, this year is .350. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 06:52 1
    - But once you drop Harden, Kobe and Westbrook, it's .450. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 15, 06:56
Nokia to buy Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6B -- (link) - Beaker Apr 15, 05:16
Marcus Mariota reportedly scored 33 on Wonderlic; Jameis Winston had 27 -- (link) - Beaker Apr 15, 04:03
The "Chargers to trade Phillip Rivers" train is really rolling along now... -- (link) - Beaker Apr 15, 03:22
do we think the Dennis Quaid freakout was for reals? -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 15, 00:28 [youtube] 1
- Is it wrong for me to say "real, because he's not that good an actor"? -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 06:53
well that's 90 minutes of my life i'll never get back -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 23:48
Daredevil quote spoils (episode 4, I think) - Beryllium Apr 14, 23:17 2
- hah - Beryllium Apr 14, 23:28 1
  - spoils - Beryllium Apr 14, 23:57
Maryland "free-range" parents to file suit against CPS and Montgomery County Police for detaining their kids for five hours for pretty much no reason -- (link) - con_carne Apr 14, 22:41 7
- good. -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 02:53
- the time i spent out of the house without parental supervision growing up in Md. is incalculable - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 22:46 5
  - Seriously...course I also had like 15 parents. - Will Hunting Apr 15, 06:59 1
    - The issue isn't that there aren't parents, but that Mrs. Lowe no longer knows your mom. - TWuG Apr 15, 07:03
  - Right. I live in the same neighborhood I did growing up, and kids just aren't roaming like they used. - Inigo Apr 15, 05:12 2
    - it's so different. we were latchkey kids at seven and eight and here people do afterschool care through grade 7. what? -- nm - amanda Apr 15, 05:23 1
      - and, ironically, it would be *safer* to leave kids home alone now - cell phones can reach you anywhere, you could have digital cams set up, when we - Andie Apr 15, 06:29
man, whatever congressperson is responsible for not letting W2 info report directly to the IRS . . . -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 22:21 2
- It -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 04:53 1
  - Sfek 'a so dumb -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 04:54
Safe to say Spawn digging tonights AoS...spoils - budice Apr 14, 21:57 6
- She will be at C2E2. Kinda mad Remlik is not going this year. -- nm - Ultron Apr 15, 07:33
- it was a very good episode I thought - SHIELD spoilers and conjecture - Beaker Apr 15, 05:19 2
  - (spoils) - TWuG Apr 15, 07:42
  - COMMENT ON MY CONJECTURE DAMMIT -- nm - Beaker Apr 15, 06:43
- And Mayweather/Pacqiao same weekend as Avengers AoU..wow -- nm - budice Apr 14, 22:14 1
  - Nfl draft as well -- nm - eag Apr 14, 22:34
Well, obviously Hot Pursuit is going to be overshadowed by Avengers, but it looks pretty funny. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 21:48 3
- Liar. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 15, 07:08
- Ooooh *Hot* Pursuit. I get jokes. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 22:03 1
  - "I'm five two!!" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 01:09
even though i don't think he should have, David Chase gives a shot-by-shot analysis of the final scene of The Sopranos -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 21:29
Taxes done, federal: $5 refund -- nm - budice Apr 14, 21:16 5
- Nicely done! I overdid the prepayments and finished up with a substantial refund due. I decided to - Meg Apr 14, 21:35
- Taco Bell here you come! -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 21:24
- imma do mine right now -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 21:17 2
  - sucker -- nm - Max Apr 14, 21:30 1
    - $2700 back, sucka! -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 23:36
wait . . . *Sugar Free* JellO pudding/ - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 21:04 7
- that shouldn't even be legal. -- nm - Reagen Apr 14, 21:14 4
  - Don't let Cosby near 'em, or they won't be -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 21:23
  - the problem is there are like nine million goddamn variations of about three flavors on the pudding wall -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 21:15 2
    - This post caused me to google all the flavors...which eventually took me to something called, "the Keto Diet." -- nm - Flavorize Apr 14, 21:36
    - Ah yes, I buy the Kroger generic to have as an alternative to yogurt. -- nm - Meg Apr 14, 21:33
- Once upon a time I worked for Searle and they had those really cheap in their lunchroom. - tobor.2 Apr 14, 21:11 1
  - That would be pudding pops. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 14, 21:22
we didn't start the fire -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 14, 20:55

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